Starter quiz
- Where does Emily enter in the build-up?
- a beach hut
- an arcade ✓
- a fish restaurant
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- Who does Emily see first in the arcade?
- her gandparents
- the bunny
- the Pin Man ✓
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- What does Emily do when she sees the Pin Man?
- She talks to him.
- She waves at him.
- She hides from him. ✓
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- What is so special about the bunny Emily sees in the Lucky Dipper machine?
- He is alive. ✓
- He is very soft.
- He is holding a gold coin.
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- Why does Emily leave the arcade?
- She is scared of the bunny.
- Her grandad pulls her out. ✓
- The Pin Mn carries her out.
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- Fronted adverbials of time will need which of these after it?
- a full stop
- a question mark
- a comma ✓
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Exit quiz
- Put these parts of a story staircase in the correct order.
- 1⇔opening
- 2⇔build-up
- 3⇔climax
- 4⇔resolution
- What is the most exciting part of a story structure?
- opening
- build-up
- climax ✓
- resolution
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- Which of these is a purpose of the climax?
- to describe the setting
- to describe the main characters
- to describe the challenge or problem ✓
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- Which of these is another purpose of the climax?
- to introduce the problem
- to create lots of tension ✓
- to resolve any problems and end the story
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- In the climax, how does the Lucky Dipper machine become smashed?
- Emily pushes it over.
- The bunny pushes it over.
- The Pin Man pushes it over. ✓
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- What does Emily land on when she falls through the hole?
- rocks
- grass
- sand ✓
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Key learning points
- The purpose of the climax is to describe the problem and create the highest point of tension.
- Our plan will contain ambitious vocabulary.
- Our plan will contain nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs.
- Using ambitious vocabulary helps to paint a vivid picture in the reader’s mind and make writing exciting to read.
Common misconception
Pupils may find it hard to remember all the action in the climax.
Teach pupils to break down the climax into smaller sections and then focus on what happened in that section. Provide children will printed images from the animation, to support them with planning their climax.
Keywords
Ambitious vocabulary - high-level language in writing that meets the text purpose
Planning - creating a framework before writing a section or whole text
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